Creating green markets
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Most environmental damage is perpetrated without breaking the law, and the line between criminal and legal behavior tends to be a fine one. Legal pollution must be reduced. The Muir Investment Fund, a California bond fund investing in socially responsible corporations, categorizes companies by their environmental compliance: frauds, refuse pick-up and disposal companies, and companies seeking to cut down on or eliminate waste. Stock prices are ample proof that the market values future profits. These will not occur unless companies respect the environment.
Publication Name: Business and Society Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0045-3609
Year: 1992
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A cloudy crystal ball for environmental progress
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Congressional attacks on environmental legislation will probably be worse in 1996 than they were in 1995. Many of the Republicans in the 104th Congress are young and do not feel connected with the environmental legislation that was supported and passed by both parties before 1992. Since then, partisan politics have led to Republican attacks on environmental legislation. The attacks in 1995 were not as successful as expected. Businesses should not feel threatened by environmental legislation but view it as necessary to maintaining a sustainable world.
Publication Name: Business and Society Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0045-3609
Year: 1995
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The annual report report card
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A random sample of shareholders were surveyed in 1973 and 1991 to see how their opinions of the companies they owned stock in had changed. The survey revealed a widespread lack of trust in corporate management and 80% of respondents wanted more disclosure in annual reports about pending or possible litigation. More than 80% wanted information on a company's environmental record and product quality included in the annual report. There was a pervasive demand for more accountability on the part of management.
Publication Name: Business and Society Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0045-3609
Year: 1992
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